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Chilton cites ‘risk management’ to give up ovals for rest of IndyCar season
Carlin’s Max Chilton has decided against racing at ovals for rest of the 2019 IndyCar season due to ‘risk management’. In a bold step, ex-F1 racer Chilton has decided to not compete at oval circuits for the rest of the 2019 IndyCar season as Conor Daly steps up to fill the #59 Chevrolet car for…
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Carlin will join IndyCar Series in 2018 with Chilton and Kimball
As it was expected to happen, Trevor Carlin has announced that his team will join IndyCar Series with a full-time programme for two cars, which will be driven by Max Chilton and Charlie Kimball and powered by Chevrolet. After many successful years across several European racing championships, Trevor Carlin, Carlin’s team owner, decided to start…
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Rahal leads FP1 at Watkins Glen
After Josef Newgarden’s victory at Gateway last week, Indycar arrives at Watkins Glen to compete for the penultimate race of the 2017 season. The first driver to get on track was Max Chilton. In the first 5 minutes, almost half of the grid had already tested themselves on track to score a good laptime…
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Chilton continues with Ganassi for 2017
Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) announced today that international insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. will return in 2017 as the primary partner with CGR’s No. 8 Honda driven by Max Chilton in the Verizon IndyCar Series. Gallagher, headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, has operations in 33 countries and offers client-service…
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Pigot wins race & championship at Laguna Seca
Spencer Pigot and Juncos Racing swept to victory in this afternoon’s Indy Lights Grand Prix Presented by Cooper Tires at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The 21-year-old American took the lead on the first lap and remained in charge throughout the 38-lap contest to claim his series-leading sixth win of the season and, even more importantly,…
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Chilton wins for the first time in an oval
Max Chilton got his first victory in Indy Lights at the Iowa Corn oval. The Brit has dedicated the win to his former F1 teammate Jules Bianchi, who passed away last night. Jones finished in 2nd place and gets closer to Harvey, who finished 5th. Enerson completed the podium. The starting grid for the Indy…
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First pole position for Chilton in Iowa
Max Chilton (Carlin) will start tonight from first place in the IndyLights race in Iowa. His teammate, Ed Jones, will start second, completing a 1-2 Carlin front row. Championship leader Jack Harvey will start third. Former Formula 1 driver, Max Chilton, achieve today his very first pole position in the IndyLights, tonight he can…
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Rayhall wins his first race in the Indy Lights
Sean Rayhall has won the second race weekend of the Indy Lights Series in the circuit “road course” the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Rayhall has led throughout the race, and he is accompanied on the podium RC Enerson and Max Chilton. On leaving, Ed Jones suffered a spin at turn 1 and this allowed Sean Rayhall…
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Two-for-two as Pigot dominates Legacy Indy Lights 100 at Barber
Spencer Pigot clearly has a taste for victory at Barber Motorsports Park. One year ago he won both rounds of the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires at the scenic 2.3-mile road course in rural Alabama. This weekend, after stepping up to Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires with his Juncos Racing team by…
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Pigot the fastest of FP1 in Barber
Spencer Pigot from Juncos Racing, was the fastest on first practice session of Indy Lights in Barber Motorsports Park, Alabama, United States of America. Max Chilton finished second and Kyle Kaiser third. As we saw on last weekend in Long Beach, Juncos Racing guys, Pigot and Kaiser still on the good pace to get the…
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Chilton fastest in Long Beach
Ex F1 driver, Max Chilton was the fastest in the first practice session for the Indy Lights in the street circuit in Long Beach. Carlin continues to dominate all official meetings this season in Indy Lights, but these once the domain of the European team was not so overwhelming. Spencer Pigot and especially Kyle Kaiser…
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Ed Jones get the pole in St. Petersburg
Ed Jones and Max Chilton, from Carlin, will depart of the first two positions in the race of Saint Petersburg, Florida, followed by the British Jack Harvey The qualifying session has already begun with a red flag because of an incident of the Puerto Rican driver Felix Serrallés when he lost the control of…
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Carlin dominates his debut in Indy Lights
The European duo of Carlin, Ed Jones and Max Chilton were the rulers of great free Indy Lights in Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States. 9 of the 13 participants are newcomers to the category, but between these two there are 13 participants who have mastered all the pre-season test session of the first day in…
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Chilton joins Nissan in WEC
Former F1 racer Max Chilton and Nissan regular Alex Buncombe have completed Nissan’s squad of nine drivers for the Nissan GT-R LM NISMO. This news was announced ahead of the Geneva Motor Show where Nissan’s LM P1 car will appear for the first time in Europe. Max Chilton joins Nissan after two seasons in Formula…
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Max Chilton eyes a Indycar debut with Carlin on 2016
Max Chilton will join forces with British race team Carlin in a joint development programme ahead of Carlin’s 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series ambitions. Chilton will assist with Carlin’s 2015 Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires preparations to help take the team to success in its first season racing across the Atlantic, while also carrying out…
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Hamilton soars in Monza after Rosberg takes the plunge
Lewis Hamilton won its 28th race this afternoon in Italy after taking advantage of his teammate’s, Nico Rosberg, blunder. The Mercedes duo is followed by Williams teammates Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas. There was no crash between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. Despite what many expected, given the recent events and that unfortunate crash…